Gerry O Shaughnessy

Cranford High School graduates 272 students

CRANFORD — On the heels of being named one of Newsweek’s Top 500 High Schools in the county, the Cranford High School Class of 2011 graduated 272 students on Tuesday, June 21. The following students graduated in the ceremony held at Memorial Field.

Julia F. Adubato, Michael D. Adubato, Dylan Kane Airoso, Matan Uri Alexander, Stephanie Vieira Alexandre, Loryn J. Altebrando, Michele A. Altebrando, Armando Jesus André, Alia Ansari, Robert Andrew Anstatt, Richard William Armbruster, Sarah Armstrong, Kyle Reynolds Aslin, Tyrone Christopher Avent, Saida Ayala, Sarah Victoria Barry, Anthony Bastidas, Emily Rose Baumann, Jeffrey Baumann, Liliana Bemko, William Ross Bender, Matthew David Bergman, Elizabeth Anne Berry, Rachel Dvora Berzon-Fink, Claire Susanne Bilavsky, Carrie Elizabeth Bilenker, Savannah Lee Biletto, Alexandria Bizub, Kathryn Bradford, Maeve Monroe Brady, Christian B. Breskin, Raymond Briant, Evan Michael Brown, Maggie Catherine Brown, Catherine Elizabeth Burns and Ryan Byrne.

Also, Kellie Elizabeth Campbell, Brooke Ashley Capasso, Christi Catherine Capazzo, Brianna Lee Capece, Jenna Lynn Capizzi, Christine Michelle Carbone, Nicole Ilse Carusone, Kevin D. Carvalho, Michael Gerald Cassidy, Patrick Charles Cassidy, Camilo Castillo, Samuel Vastola Cavanaugh, Catherine Cedzik, Daniel Cleary, David Gregory Clericuzio, Micaela Angeline Grossi Colabella, Alisa Estelle Commerato, Alanna Rose Conte, Gwendolyn J. Conway, Daniel Joseph Couto, Edward M. Cox III, Leah Crane, Tara Nicole Cunningham, Michael Paul Curci, Jr., Ayesha Marie Daryani, Kristy Lynn Daubert, Magen Mary Davies, William Patrick Davitt, Alexandra Victoria Delayo, Llewellyn Lemuel Delgado, Jordan Nicholas DeMarco, Matheus Demelo, Connor William DeMars, Aaron Nicola DeNigris, Luke Paul Diano, Matthew McMahon DiGiovanni, Eric Brandon DiPasquale, Wesley William Ditzel III, John Joseph Doolan, III, Samantha Mara Dooley, Morgan Gemma Dow and Christopher Mark Drewniak.

Also, Hayley Rebecca Eisenhardt, Raymond Mikayel Saadallah El-Khoury, Natalie Joy Englese, Oscar Espinal, Daniel James Espuga, Kathryn Elizabeth Fackina, Samantha June Falco, Robert J. Faller, Andrew Walter Falzon, Michael Farkas, Patrick James Farley, Gregory Lloyd Fisher, Bryan Robert Fitzsimmons, John Paul Flynn,Thomas Folger, Michael David Ford, Ciaran Grant Freeman, Kathleen Elizabeth French, Hans Michael Friedrich, Ara Mendoza Froehlich, Esmeralda Anna-Catherine Fyhr, Robert John Gaeta, Peter Talbot Gallo, Katelyn Anne Gamba, Kyle Alexander Gautieri, Joseph Giaccio, Justine Hope Gray,Nicole Renee Gregory,Anthony Augustine Guarisco, Sara Catherine Gugliucci, Matthew Joseph Guidon, Cody D. Hahn, Nesya Haleva, Timothy Leonard Handy, William K. Haussner, Keith Reed Hellhake, Trevor James Hertz, Alexander Heucke, Diane Ho and Elizabeth Eleanor Holan.

Do We Need 20 Million More College Grads? - CBS MoneyWatch.com

, acknowledge that arguing that the country doesn’t possess nearly enough college grads is a tough one in this environment. “With many college graduates unsuccessful in finding work in the current economic climate, the temptation to reject post-secondary education as a viable economic option grows stronger, especially among working families for whom college costs are always a stretch.”

While conventional wisdom suggests that we have an overabundance of college graduates, the opposite is actually true, argues Anthony P. Carnevale , the director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce .

The Growing Income Gap

Why should we care? Because the authors argue that this scarcity of well-trained educated workers has prompted the alarming income gap between skilled and unskilled workers. Since 1980, they suggest, the supply of educated employees has failed to keep pace with demand which has prompted income equality to grow precipitously.

In 1980, the income gap between high school and college-educated workers was 40% and the gap grew to 74% in 2010. If America doesn’t step up it’s production of college students, the gap will grow to 96% by 2025.

Another Take on College Degrees

Okay, it’s clear that college graduates make more money. And as long as supply and demand for these grads is out of whack, college grads will earn more money. But that begs the question of why the college degree needs to be so important. Many Americans with college degrees are working at jobs that don’t require the skills they learned in college.

A new article in The Atlantic Lynn O'Shaughnessy

Lynn O'Shaughnessy is a financial journalist and the author of a critically acclaimed book, The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price . She has been a contributor to such publications as BusinessWeek, USA Today, Money Magazine, Medical Economics, The New York Times, Consumer Reports MoneyAdvisor, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, AARP: The Magazine and Kiplinger

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